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i dont know much about stringing quality but so far it has been good. no major problem. and here in Ipoh, malaysia, if you bring your own string or if you buy from the shop, they will charge you RM5 for stringing. that would be about USD1.45 per stringing.

in asia/asean, it is much cheaper to string.
bg series, vary from RM20-30, that is below USD10

City: Manchester UK
Name of Shop: Cramp Sports (Cheadle Hulme, near M'cr)
Cost for BG65 (local/USD): £15/ 31.5 USD
Cost for BG80 (local/USD): £16/ 33.6 USD
Rating -1/0/+1 (bad/ok/good): +1
Story (not too long)
£8/USD$16.8 for labour charge if you bring your own strings. 2 ladies run the shop, v friendly and helpful, former county players. Operates from within their own house, so may be hard to find for 1st timers!

City: New York, US (Metro Area)
Name of Shop: NYC Badminton
Cost for BG65 (local/USD): US$16 (member), US$24? (non-member)
Cost for BG80 (local/USD): Don't have the exact number, but should be in US$20 range for member
Rating -5/0/+5 (bad/ok/good): 2 - fairly decent
Story (not too long): They mainly use 2 knots method, collect/return rackets during club sessions.

I really wonder how the string warranty can apply. To me, if I know someone very well, and the string breaks within 1 or 2 sessions, I don't mind to give a free re-string, with some careful inspection of the racket / gromments.

However, it's impossible to apply such rules in general, if you don't know how hard a player can smash, how often he plays, and how many off-center hits he can get. I understand it's frustrating to see a $20 job gone in the wind in like 10 days, but from the stringer prospective, I do need to protect my own interest as well.

Btw, if I only use 1 racket, with BG85/Bg80 on for 23 or 24lbs, I am pretty sure I will snap the string in 2 weeks, as I do a lot of slices. So, if there's a warranty, I will definitely let that stringer handle my own rackets, if I want to put my own honesty aside.

I agree. However, I do business with him before and he is very good at the warranty stuff.

No doubt this person is nice and helpful. If he's willing to help the local community and help the sport in general, he definitely gain my full respect. My intend to bring up this issue, is not against a particular person or business firm, I just don't think the "good willingness" can be set as a "suppose to be standard" cross the whole industry.